BLOCKCHAIN

FINANCIAL MARKET

COIN THE FUTURE

VISION

Science

Since its inception, technology and science have been the twin engines driving the financial
market’s development. From the 1869 Edison Ticker Machine to computers in the 1970s, and
then the Internet in 2000, advances in technology have connected global markets. In 1952,
Markowitz allowed finance to become a modern science. With the exploration of great minds
like Sharp, Fama, and Black, the financial sciences as a field continued to mature.

Technology

However, it was not until the late 1980s that modern financial science began to enter Wall
Street and revolutionize practice within traditional markets. Clipper Coin Capital has
consistently adhered to the dual engines of science and technology to promote the
development of finance, now relevant to both traditional financial markets and the crypto
market.

Core team

Zhen LiuChief Executive Officer
Mr. Liu has over 20 years of experience at Wall Street hedge funds. In 1995, he began his career with the legendary hedge fund D.E. Shaw and Co., followed by senior positions at Bank of America, UBS, and Brevan Howard. He has managed billions of dollars using global quantitative hedging strategies, achieving outstanding results. In 2007, Zhen Liu founded The Red Capital, LLC, to accelerate the development of hedge funds in China. In 2009, he joined E Fund as Managing Director of Index and Quantitative Strategies, and helped launch China's first hedge fund in 2010. In 2014, he founded Clipper Advisor, China’s first Robo-Advisor.

Shang GuoChief Technology Officer
Shang was a Senior Scientist at IBM’s research center in the United States and has conducted in-depth research in areas regarding distributive computing, large-scale software design and development, and artificial intelligence. She holds numerous patents on technical innovations and has extensive experience and expertise in the above areas. She holds a B.S. in Mathematics, M.S. degree in Computer Science from Zhejiang University, and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Mika JiangChief Compliance Officer
Mika has accumulated years of experience within the legal and compliance consultation field, particularly for mutual and hedge funds. She has held positions as compliance officer for multiple funds, including Capvision Partners, where she specialized in compliance functions pertaining to SEC regulations and standards. She holds an undergraduate degree in Spanish language and culture from York University and a graduate diploma of law from the College of Law, Moorgate.

Stephen HopkinsDirector of Strategy
Stephen has years of experience working within the international financial community, notably at hedge funds, commercial banks, and MNCs. His roles include research, analysis, and strategy development. He has operated within the investment field for several years, pursuing traditional bond and equity markets. He holds undergraduate degrees in finance and international business from the Kelley School of Business and certification in Chinese language and culture from the US Chinese Flagship Program.

Grace TienDirector of Marketing
Grace has previously worked at the U.S. Justice Department, U.S. Congress, the Chinese Economic Development Council, and conducted research at Princeton University’s Center for Human Values. She holds degrees in political science and economics from Wellesley College, and is finishing her doctorate in organizational behavior at Princeton University.

Advisors

Siu Ying Lau
Mr. Siu Ying Lau is one of the most prominent entrepreneurs and angel
investors in Asia. He founded China Fortune in 1993, which, under his
lead, became the first exclusive distributor of Nokia in China. China
Fortune successfully went public on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in
2000, and in 2003 was ranked number 6 out of the top 100 technology
companies in China. In 2011, Mr. Lau founded his own venture capital
firm: Eagles Fund. By 2016, his fund had already invested in more than
100 early-stage startups in both internet and tech industries.

Yan Zhang
Yan has 20+ years of architectural, algorithm design and entrepreneurial experience. He's an expert in capital market arbitrage and has worked at Goldman Sachs and several famous hedge funds. He was a director in Deutsche Bank's alternative trading group and partners in several trading firms. Yan earned his Master's in financial mathematics from The University of Chicago as well as a Masters in applied engineering from the University of California, Davis.

Elliot Yan
Elliot has 20+ years of experience in technology and capital markets. He has been active in the blockchain application field since 2014, and was involved in several successful blockchain projects. Before that he built a machine-learning based media company ranking one of the largest advertisers on Google. Elliot is a number theory and cryptography expert and co-authored a ground breaking technical publication on TCP/IP with Zhen Liu. Elliot holds a Ph.D in Computer Science and an MBA from the University of Southern California.

Cha Li
Mr. Cha is a pioneer in founding Asia’s VC funds and has been an active angel investor. He was the CEO of a public company MotionPoster (Asia) and founded IdeaFactory, a tech incubator. He has invested in a wide range of startup companies including the 31 Conference Network, Meituan, Bo-bo Network and Lie Network. His "Himalayan Bear" blog is read by a vast majority of Asian entrepreneurs, and Mr. Cha's best-selling book "What would you do if you were given a million dollars?” is known as the “startup entrepreneurs’ Bible.”